Excerpt from In the Pronaos of the Temple of Wisdom: Containing the History of the True and the False Rosicrucians; With an Introduction Into the Mysteries of the Hermetic Philosophy According to the philosophy of Plotinus, God is the foundation of all things. There is only one Substance; Matter and Form are merely illusions, or shadows of the Spirit. God is eternal and everywhere. He is pure light, a Unity, the basis of all existence and thought. The Mind (was) is the image of this Unity; it is, so to say, the image created by the Eternal by looking within itself. Thus the Mind is the product or creation of God, and yet God itself, and receiving its power from the latter. The Mind is the eternal activity of the Eternal. It is Light, primordial and unchangeable. Thought and every thinkable object exists within the mind. The world of Mind is the internal world; the external, sensual world is the external expression of the former. Mind being a Unity, and all beings and objects consisting of Mind substance, all are fundamentally identical, but they differ in form. The activity by which the inner world of Mind came into existence 18 an interior power acting towards the centre. If an external World, corresponding to the inner world, is to come into existence, there must be another activity by which this internal activity is reversed, so as to be directed towards the periphery. This centrifugal activity is the Soul, a product or reaction of the centripetal activity of the Mind, in other words a product of Thought, entering within itself. There is a universal law according to which something real may produce something approaching its own state of perfection, but not quite as perfect as itself, and therefore the activity of the soul resembles the activity of the mind, but is not as perfect as the latter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

In the Pronaos of the Temple of Wisdom: Containing the History of the True and the False Rosicrucians; With an Introduction Into the Mysteries of the Hermetic Philosophy (Classic Reprint)

Franz Hartmann

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The Life of Philippus Theophrastus Bombast of Hohenheim, Known by the Name of Paracelsus, and the Substance of His Teachings

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Franklin Classics Trade Press

The life and doctrines of Philippus Theophrastus, Bombast of Hohenheim known by the name of Paracelsus extracted from his extensive works and from some unpublished manuscripts.  Contents: Preface, Life of Paracelsus, Explanation of Terms, Cosmology, Anthropology, Pneumatology, Magic and Sorcery, Medicine, Alchemy and Astrology, Philosophy and Theosophy.

The Life & the Doctrines of Paracelsus

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Philosophy

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Universal Science Containing The Mysteries of the Universe regarding God, Nature, Man the Macrocosm and Microcosm Eternity and Time Explained According to The Religion of Love by means of The Secret Symbols of the ROSICRUCIANS of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. The beautiful, intricate symbols are the end result of thousands of years of accumulated knowledge.

Cosmology, or Cabala. Universal Science. Alchemy. Containing the Mysteries of the Universe Regarding God Nature Man, the Macrocosm and Microcosm, eter: ... of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centu

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Magic, White and Black: Or, the Science of Finate and Infinite Life Containing Practical Hints for Students of Occultism (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Magic, White and Black: Or, the Science of Finate and Infinite Life Containing Practical Hints for Students of Occultism At the foot of the picture is sleeping Sphinx, whose upper part (representing the higher principles) is human; while the lower parts (symbolizing the lower principles) are of an animal nature. She is dreaming of the solution of the great problem of the construction of the Universe and of the nature and destiny of Man, and her dream takes the shape of the figure above her, representing the Macrocosm and the Microcosm and their mutual interaction. Above, around, and within all, without beginning and without an end, penetrating and pervading all, from the endless and unimaginable periphery to the invisible and incomprehensible centre, the "Father" of All, the supreme source of every power that ever manifested or may in the future manifest itself, and by whose activity the world was thrown into existence, being projected by the power of His own will and assuming form in His imagination. The Omega (and the Alpha in the centre) represent the "Son," the Absolute having become manifest as the Universal Logos or The Christ, the cause of the beginning and the end of every created thing. It is One with the "Father," being manifested as a Trinity in a Unity, the cause of what we call Space, Motion, and Substance. The "regenerated" spiritual man, whose matrix is his own physical body, draws his nutriment from this universal spiritual principle as the physical fœtus is nourished by means of the womb of the mother, his soul being formed from the astral influences or the soul of the world. Out of the Universal Logos proceeds the "invisible Light" of the Spirit, the Truth, the Law, and the Life, embracing and penetrating the Cosmos, while the visible light of Nature is only its most material aspect or mode of manifestation, in the same sense as the visible sun is the reflex of its divine prototype, the invisible centre…

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Books on true occultism are on the whole very useless things; because those who are in possession of occult knowledge will not require them; while those who have no such knowledge will not understand them; neither will they receive much benefit from such literature; because real spiritual knowledge must be found within one's own soul; it cannot be learned from books. The scientist, rationalist, and speculative philosopher deals only with, so to say, the candlesticks bearing the candles from which is emanating the light which they cannot see, neither can they see the candle; for the latter is representing the soul, whose light is the spirit. Truly occult and Theosophical books ought to be prayers and poems; calculated to lift the heart and the mind of the reader up to the highest regions of thought, and aiding him to descend into the innermost sanctuary of his own being; so that he may become able to open the senses of his interior perception and grasp himself those divine ideals which are beyond the understanding of the semi-animal intellect; for spiritual truth cannot be brought down to that level; it requires, for its recognition, the rising up in the spirit to its own plane; neither can any man reveal to another the light, if the light does not reveal its presence to the investigator; all that a book can do is to aid the reader in opening his own eyes.

The Temple of Wisdom: Introduction to Hermetism

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Excerpt from Magic, White and Black: Or, the Science of Finate and Infinite Life Containing Practical Hints for Students of OccultismThe favor with which Magic has been received by those who are interested in the study of the hidden mysteries of Nature, made it expedient to publish a third edition of this book. From an insignificant pamphlet, written originally for the purpose of demonstrating to a few inexperienced inquirers, that the study of the occult side of nature was not identical with the vile practices of sorcery, Magic grew into a book of respectable dimensions, and now this new edition is to be still more enlarged, and I hope will also become still more useful.The most serious Objection which has been made against this book has been on account of its title; but the causes which induced me to select such a title were suggested by the purpose for which the book was intended; nor would I. At present be able to find one more appropriate for it, for Magic means that divine art of exercise of spiritual power by which the awakened spirit in man may con trol the living elements.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

An unabridged, digitally enlarged printing of the eighth American edition (1911) with index. Originally titled: Magic, White and Black: The Science of Finite and Infinite Life, Containing Practical Hints for Students of Occultism

Magic, White and Black - Eighth American Edition

New Age & Spirituality

Merchant Books

The author studies the importance of the contributions of Paraselsus to health and medicine. Paracelsus was a chemist, Christian mystic, writer, physician, and more, whose work transformed the world of medicine.

Paracelsus and the Substance of His Teachings : The Life of Philipus Theophrastus Bombast of Hohenheim

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In the Pronaos of the Temple of Wisdom

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In the Pronaos of the Temple of Wisdom: Containing the History of the True and the False Rosicrucians; With an Introduction Into the Mysteries of the Hermetic Philosophy (Classic Reprint)

The Life of Philippus Theophrastus Bombast of Hohenheim, Known by the Name of Paracelsus, and the Substance of His Teachings

The Life & the Doctrines of Paracelsus

Cosmology, or Cabala. Universal Science. Alchemy. Containing the Mysteries of the Universe Regarding God Nature Man, the Macrocosm and Microcosm, eter: ... of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centu

Magic, White and Black: Or, the Science of Finate and Infinite Life Containing Practical Hints for Students of Occultism (Classic Reprint)

The Temple of Wisdom: Introduction to Hermetism

Magic, White and Black: Or, the Science of Finate and Infinite Life Containing Practical Hints for Students of Occultism (Classic Reprint)

Magic, White and Black - Eighth American Edition

Paracelsus and the Substance of His Teachings : The Life of Philipus Theophrastus Bombast of Hohenheim

In the Pronaos of the Temple of Wisdom